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| Tower blocks to be built on site once set aside for Bristol arena | v or ^ |
| Climate change and voluntary organisations | v or ^ |
| Government announces joined up travel - for towns and cities | v or ^ |
| The history of London's cable cars. Jago Hazzard YouTube | v or ^ |
| Last 7 days | |
| Highest earning public servants | v or ^ |
| [OTD] 1st April 2006 - Greater Western Franchise takes over our trains | v or ^ |
| Powered wagons on stone trains | v or ^ |
| Traveline New look website | v or ^ |
| MOU from the UK government on Wales and Borders services | v or ^ |
| Most expensive per-mile fare? | v or ^ |
| GWR no longer doing reservations for other TOCs? | v or ^ |
| 1 hour 20 minute gap at Warminster in the peak ... | v or ^ |
| It's all going bananas in the Orkneys ... | v or ^ |
| A personal update - a.k.a. why I have not checked the TVM at Melksham | v or ^ |
| Topic going to the dogs ... (split posts) | v or ^ |
| Easter bank holiday weekend set to be busiest on roads in four years - 2026 | v or ^ |
| GWR Weekend Upgrades | v or ^ |
| Reading / learning a bit more into coach travel | v or ^ |
| Open access Bristol - Oxford - Nottingham proposal dropped | v or ^ |
| Ferry crosses the Mersey on final voyage after 66 years in service | v or ^ |
| World wide measures as war pushes up fuel prices - 2026 | v or ^ |
| Rail external communications: setting the tone. | v or ^ |
| 'Our daughters got on a school bus and never came home' | v or ^ |
| Up to a month ago | |
| Connectivity Tool - Department for Transport website | v or ^ |
| A very inconsequential chat: Nailsea & Backwell to Bath Spa, return, today | v or ^ |
| Swindon Railworks - Hooter to sound to mark 40 year rail anniversary | v or ^ |
| EasyJet starting Gatwick - Newquay | v or ^ |
| Secretary of State State to chair of DfTO - priorities to train operarator | v or ^ |
| Dogs became man's best friend far earlier than thought, scientists find | v or ^ |
| Transpennine Express train from Manchester to Glasgow hits fallen tree on track | v or ^ |
| Request stops - GWR list | v or ^ |
| Melksham to Bristol - the commute by train | v or ^ |
| Where have all the cheap "Advanced Fares" gone? | v or ^ |
| Electric Buses for Wiltshire | v or ^ |
| Croydon rail upgrade delay may impact Gatwick Airport and Universal Studios park | v or ^ |
| Network Rail Enhancements plan (what is being done and target date) | v or ^ |
| St Ives Station - GWR unveils statue of mythical Mermaid of Zennor | v or ^ |
| Two pilots killed in collision with fire truck at LaGuardia Airport: 22 Mar 2026 | v or ^ |
| GWR Growing places report March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Train fire at Newton Abbot 22 March | v or ^ |
| Jago Hazzard visits St Ives | v or ^ |
| East Somerset Railway - visiting by public transport. Sensible / practical? | v or ^ |
| RailAir and GBR | v or ^ |
| New electric buses to help cut carbon emissions in Surrey | v or ^ |
| 'Fabulous' market town named best place to live in Wales | v or ^ |
| Birmingham woman wishes she had become a train driver years ago | v or ^ |
| Dog finds Canadian message in a bottle on Aberdeenshire beach | v or ^ |
| Looking for Wiltshire (Unitary) numbers | v or ^ |
| 'All hands on deck' for SS Great Britain museum fundraiser | v or ^ |
| Out and about, 21.3.2026 | v or ^ |
| International Energy Agency recommends public transport | v or ^ |
| Weather updates from overseas and implications for infrastructure - 2026 | v or ^ |
| Rail worker killed in the Radlett area dealing with sinkhole - 15 March 2026 | v or ^ |
| 'Absolutely buzzing town is voted best place to live' in the south-west | v or ^ |
| Where are people going - top tourist attractions in 2025 | v or ^ |
| Bet on how late your train will be? | v or ^ |
| King Charles III opens world's longest coastal path around England | v or ^ |
| Scotrail contract for 22 5car 222 (ex EMR) | v or ^ |
| DfT Connectivity tool for England and Wales | v or ^ |
| The sounds of a sleeper | v or ^ |
| a day time talk on the piers of the U.K. | v or ^ |
| Blue badge holders and others can now get a Disabled Person's Railcard | v or ^ |
| Communications expert, ordered to pay £1.5k for foul-mouthed tirade @ staff | v or ^ |
| National Car Parks (NCP) goes into administration | v or ^ |
| Horace Prickett | v or ^ |
| Bizarre routing ........... | v or ^ |
| Parking at Westbury Station | v or ^ |
| Addressing Information - cost - connectivity - comfort - frequency - reliability | v or ^ |
| Historic Borders bridge near Eckford secures £250,000 for restoration project | v or ^ |
| A day in London (14.3.2026) | v or ^ |
| Former Great Bourton village pub 'The Bell Inn' saved from house conversion | v or ^ |
| Container shipping: March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Peterborough, Helpston level crossing near-miss caused by signaller: RAIB report | v or ^ |
| 1726 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington w/c 9 March | v or ^ |
| More Tube strikes on the way March-May 2026 | v or ^ |
| Electric Ferries | v or ^ |
| Spring (March 2026) Interrail Global Pass sale - rail ticket across 33 countries | v or ^ |
| Switzerland - At least six dead in bus fire - 10 March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Fuel tax - freeze, and should it have been frozen in the first place? | v or ^ |
| Trespasser at Gloucester causes major rail delays for Cheltenham racegoers | v or ^ |
| Bus fares - when is a senior pass accepted in YOUR county? | v or ^ |
| Splitting at Dilton Marsh | v or ^ |
| Server was down from 12:00, back around 13:30. Here is why | v or ^ |
| Glasgow Central Station closed by fire in adjoining building - 8 March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Tamworth: Woman arrested after man found dead at railway station - 8 March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Rail Industry double speak | v or ^ |
| Southampton to Twickenham - fare advice sought | v or ^ |
| TfL museum auction, 12th to 17th March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Torbay - usage metrics | v or ^ |
| Image - most recent topics for use by TWSW | v or ^ |
| Rumours of a new ferry service | v or ^ |
| Inside the 'chaotic' world of the UK Wife Carrying Race - Surrey, 8 March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Person killed by Ickenham Tube was blocked from safety spot - 28 March 2025 | v or ^ |
| Ticket Booking sites | v or ^ |
| Why are train tickets so much more expensive in London than Berlin? | v or ^ |
| Station advertising - does it "improve efficiency and convenience"? | v or ^ |
| Fewer cycling to stations - or are more taking cycles on the train? | v or ^ |
| Retiring on-train trolleys | v or ^ |
| On this day - 4 March 1890 - Forth Rail Bridge officially opened | v or ^ |
| Rail replacement Germany/ Czechia | v or ^ |
| Cardiff woman dodges flight luggage fee by posting her clothes | v or ^ |
| On This Day - Italy, Balvano train disaster, 2-3 March 1944 - 517 dead | v or ^ |
| Faulty lock gates in Bristol 'threaten future' of historic ship The Matthew | v or ^ |
| Where in Wales? Quiz! | v or ^ |
| Travelling on invalid ticket - what should the operator do? | v or ^ |
| Passenger Growth - railway termini of the South West | v or ^ |
| Barriers to bus and tram travel - lessons from Florence | v or ^ |
| Transport for Wales train fares to be frozen for a year, from 1 March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Over a month old | |
| On this day: 28 Feb 2001, Great Heck/Selby - split posts about superstitions | v or ^ |
| Kirkby station buffer stop incident - 13 March 2021 | v or ^ |
| Italy - Tram derails in Milan, leaving two dead and dozens injured - Feb 2026 | v or ^ |
| Why has the world's first hydrogen double-decker fleet failed? | v or ^ |
| Accessability at Bath Spa - the Garibaldi Bridge | v or ^ |
| Near miss involving child closes Knaresborough level crossing - Feb 2026 | v or ^ |
| Baby alpacas born at Suffolk farm who 'look like ET' need names - Feb 2026 | v or ^ |
| Man in court after Stagecoach bus driver taken to hospital - Aberdeen, 25 Feb 26 | v or ^ |
| Flooding causes disruption at Glasgow Central Station - 26 Feb 2026 | v or ^ |
| Can I make a guest post on the Coffee Shop? | v or ^ |
| IKEA discussion | v or ^ |
| Portishead Line - Network Rail drop in event in Pill | v or ^ |
| Portishead Line - Network Rail drop in event in Portishead | v or ^ |
| Manchester hospital consultant suspended over 'sex acts' on train - 29 Sep 2024 | v or ^ |
| Victims 'devastated' by train CCTV failures as offenders go untraced | v or ^ |
| Aberfan disaster - 21 October 1966 (split topic from another discussion) | v or ^ |
| Adverse weather 23 February Exmouth Branch | v or ^ |
| Coroner's safety call after runner's death at Formby crossing - 24 Aug 2025 | v or ^ |
| Bus driver seriously injured in Gatwick Airport police car crash - 22 Feb 2026 | v or ^ |
| National Rail Conditions of Travel - changes from 1 April 2026 (merged topics) | v or ^ |
| Warning of nine-day rail closure between Ashford and Borough Green in May | v or ^ |
| Travel to the USA - risks of being detained, even as a tourist | v or ^ |
| Nasa astronauts' moon mission delayed due to rocket issue - Feb / Mar 2026 | v or ^ |
| Model Britain are proud to announce the establishment of their advisory board | v or ^ |
| MOVED: Signal failure at Staines 21/2/26 | v or ^ |
| Helpline for people affected by TfL injuries into 10th year | v or ^ |
| Five and the Dragon Quest - the latest chapter in our Famous Five Adventures | v or ^ |
| Signal failure at Staines causing problems for Twickenham rugby fans - 21 Feb 2026 | v or ^ |
| Minimum fare for buy-on-train is Scotland | v or ^ |
| Southern Vectis bus overturns, Isle of Wight 19th February 2026 - Four injured. | v or ^ |
| 2026 National Rail Awards | v or ^ |
| GWR web app update: be aware | v or ^ |
| Mystery GP on Great Western Railway train saves passenger's life - 14 Sep 2025 | v or ^ |
| Delay Repay - GWR, Crosscounty or Trainline? | v or ^ |
| Passengers hurt as tram derailed in Nottingham bus crash - 19 Feb 2026 | v or ^ |
| [OTD] 19th Feb (2011) - Welsh Highland reopens throughout | v or ^ |
| Eurostar - reducing boarding time | v or ^ |
| WOMAD comes to Wiltshire - nearest station, Melksham, July 2026 | v or ^ |
| Borders Railway closures planned for electrification work | v or ^ |
| LSWR Route to Exeter - chickens coming home to roost | v or ^ |
| Double decker hits south London theatre in two-bus crash - 18 Feb 2026 | v or ^ |
| Plymouth: River Plym railway bridge work - 21 Feb to 9 Mar 2026 | v or ^ |
| New Welsh train stations part of £14bn UK government rail funding promise | v or ^ |
| Transport for London advert banned for harmful racial stereotype | v or ^ |
| Things you have NOT done in your use of public transport | v or ^ |
| Great rides: Cycle, rail & bus Lincs | v or ^ |
| A flash in the pan (or something else) in the old Palace of Westminster ... | v or ^ |
| Houses of Parliament / Palace of Westminster refurbishment - ongoing discussion | v or ^ |
| Severn Valley Railway - heritage line, Worcestershire and Shropshire | v or ^ |
| Delay / Repay - to be less generous | v or ^ |
| SETG take custody of 455871 at Strawberry Hill | v or ^ |
| North Wales, Valentines, 2026 | v or ^ |
| Buying Tickets for Four Seniors | v or ^ |
| Itchy feet - where have they taken me? | v or ^ |
| Wells - Bath, from April '26 timetable change (for the worse) | v or ^ |
| Yeovil - Weymouth closure Feb-March 2026 | v or ^ |
| Where shall we go today? | v or ^ |
| OS mapping: 6" coverage of Ireland | v or ^ |
| Hailing a bus ... or a train | v or ^ |
| Refurbs ! | v or ^ |
| Buses: heating | v or ^ |
| West of England Transport Vision | v or ^ |
| Want to be able to drive yourself to Imber? | v or ^ |
